The Craft: Special Edition Four teenage witches combine forces to purge their angst and gain their own kind of popularity. A teen cult fave! (Rated R)

The Blair Witch Project Keep telling them it’s only a movie as three college film students set off into the woods to discover the truth about a legendary mystical power. This 1999 faux documentary will have them on the edge of the couch. (Rated R)

Twilight The first installment of this mega-series, it's hard not to get hooked on the love story between vampire Edward and mortal Bella. (Rated PG 13)

BOOKS

Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz Kids will bite into this haunting tale of a New York City high school girl who finds out she may be descended from vampires.

Scary Stories: The Complete 3-Book Collection by Alvin Schwartz, illustrated by Stephen Gammel You’ll inspire terror in younger teens with three volumes of hair-raising folklore. Tales run the gamut from silly to weird to downright menacing.

The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey Introduce teens to the goriness of Gorey, whose poems and painstaking illustrations combine nursery rhymes with tales from the crypt.

MUSIC

Scary Movie: Music That Inspired the Soundtrack Bust a move to the tunes that helped spawn the crazy film comedy franchise. Tupac, Black Eyed Peas and Public Enemy all supply songs.

Halloween Hootenanny Give the night a rockabilly twist! Indie artists like the Reverend Horton Heat, Rocket From the Crypt, Los Straitjackets and Rob Zombie make ghastly contributions to this collection of 19 tunes.